…deemed professionally negligent. We were given some knee-tremblingly awful examples of just how badly things can go wrong. I wonder…. If a President of a country – surrounded by medical advisers – gives a whole nation unsolicited medical advice on TV about treatment of a certain condition and that advice is both wrong and dangerous, what responsibility does he have for any deaths that might arise from people following his advice? It would be stran… Continue reading →

…concerted attempts to establish the mortality associated with COVID-19 by comparing countries differing mortality rates. If this is not possible for a given country, it can be estimated by calculating the “excess mortality” within a population over the period in question. From what I can see on-line, we are likely to find that the mortality associated with the disease is between 2% and 4%. This pursuit of such figures is not an academic exercise…. Continue reading →

…lows on-line advice of a bread-making expert to the letter. The process is complex, time consuming, oath-making and demands technique. It yields passable bread. I question whether it’s worth the effort. Wishing to explore a more relaxed approach with my starter, Donald, I have let him off the leash somewhat. He has been gorging on quantities of flour and is fizzing away like there’s no tomorrow. He now stinks of rotten fruit – as he should – and i… Continue reading →